Gareth Bouch
@garethbouch.bsky.social
BA Hons Philosophy. Graphic designer. Director at Vroom Media. Also musician / composer as The Rain Dogs - @theraindogs.bsky.social
Vroom Media:
https://vroom.media
The Rain Dogs:
https://the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com
Vroom Media:
https://vroom.media
The Rain Dogs:
https://the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Out with the dogs down Merthyr Mawr today. The path was clear when we set out from the car but like this when we returned. 😬
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Out with the dogs down Merthyr Mawr today. The path was clear when we set out from the car but like this when we returned. 😬
One of my favourite pics of Vinnie. A selfie I took, with him (R) and Nelson (L) up on top of Merthyr Mawr Warren.
#adoptgreyhounds #adoptpodencos
#adoptgreyhounds #adoptpodencos
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
One of my favourite pics of Vinnie. A selfie I took, with him (R) and Nelson (L) up on top of Merthyr Mawr Warren.
#adoptgreyhounds #adoptpodencos
#adoptgreyhounds #adoptpodencos
Sadly he passed away before he was able to perfect the ultimate "leg-pretzel" but, as you can see, he was pretty close...
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sadly he passed away before he was able to perfect the ultimate "leg-pretzel" but, as you can see, he was pretty close...
Here he is, with his Spanish mate Bruno, sleeping at over 40 miles per hour - one of his favourite hobbies.
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Here he is, with his Spanish mate Bruno, sleeping at over 40 miles per hour - one of his favourite hobbies.
As it's #blackfriday here's our much missed black #greyhound Vinnie - an ex racer we adopted. Sadly cancer took him long before his time but he had a fun and loving place in our home and our family.
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
As it's #blackfriday here's our much missed black #greyhound Vinnie - an ex racer we adopted. Sadly cancer took him long before his time but he had a fun and loving place in our home and our family.
One of my other favourite snippets from Ben Wardle's excellent biography of Mark Hollis is this about Polydor boss David Munns' thoughts on hearing "Laughing Stock" - an album I love to the moon and back, but which is apparently not to everyone's taste... 🤣
#talktalk #markhollis
#talktalk #markhollis
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
One of my other favourite snippets from Ben Wardle's excellent biography of Mark Hollis is this about Polydor boss David Munns' thoughts on hearing "Laughing Stock" - an album I love to the moon and back, but which is apparently not to everyone's taste... 🤣
#talktalk #markhollis
#talktalk #markhollis
I still always prefer users to follow and buy from @bandcamp.com
the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com
That also has a VIP subscription featuring loads of goodies, freebies, and exclusives.
the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com
That also has a VIP subscription featuring loads of goodies, freebies, and exclusives.
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I still always prefer users to follow and buy from @bandcamp.com
the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com
That also has a VIP subscription featuring loads of goodies, freebies, and exclusives.
the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com
That also has a VIP subscription featuring loads of goodies, freebies, and exclusives.
I’ve been unable to write / play / compose for almost a year now, but I’m okay with silence. Thanks in a large part to this guy… ❤️🙌
#talktalk #markhollis
#talktalk #markhollis
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’ve been unable to write / play / compose for almost a year now, but I’m okay with silence. Thanks in a large part to this guy… ❤️🙌
#talktalk #markhollis
#talktalk #markhollis
These two old beauties have just arrived - cheap as chips off eBay, and I'm in heaven.
(RAC South Wales - pub: 1935, lovely maps, quaint adverts & illustrations)
(Travels in Egypt, pub: 1913, lovely photos of locations, & diagrams of artefacts).
(RAC South Wales - pub: 1935, lovely maps, quaint adverts & illustrations)
(Travels in Egypt, pub: 1913, lovely photos of locations, & diagrams of artefacts).
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
These two old beauties have just arrived - cheap as chips off eBay, and I'm in heaven.
(RAC South Wales - pub: 1935, lovely maps, quaint adverts & illustrations)
(Travels in Egypt, pub: 1913, lovely photos of locations, & diagrams of artefacts).
(RAC South Wales - pub: 1935, lovely maps, quaint adverts & illustrations)
(Travels in Egypt, pub: 1913, lovely photos of locations, & diagrams of artefacts).
It’s a cold, miserable day today. So I’ve knocked up this…
Diced lamb from the Farmers’ Market, smoked lardons, shallots, carrots, stock, white wine, garlic, rosemary & thyme, plus basic seasoning. It’s been on about 4 hours, and I’ve just added leeks. To be served up with a buttery mash.
Diced lamb from the Farmers’ Market, smoked lardons, shallots, carrots, stock, white wine, garlic, rosemary & thyme, plus basic seasoning. It’s been on about 4 hours, and I’ve just added leeks. To be served up with a buttery mash.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s a cold, miserable day today. So I’ve knocked up this…
Diced lamb from the Farmers’ Market, smoked lardons, shallots, carrots, stock, white wine, garlic, rosemary & thyme, plus basic seasoning. It’s been on about 4 hours, and I’ve just added leeks. To be served up with a buttery mash.
Diced lamb from the Farmers’ Market, smoked lardons, shallots, carrots, stock, white wine, garlic, rosemary & thyme, plus basic seasoning. It’s been on about 4 hours, and I’ve just added leeks. To be served up with a buttery mash.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Re-reading Ben Wardle’s excellent “Mark Hollis - A Perfect Silence” and once again the boss of Polydor’s reaction on hearing “Laughing Stock” makes me cackle.
PS: It’s a quite extraordinary, brilliant album. (Although clearly not for everyone 😆)
PS: It’s a quite extraordinary, brilliant album. (Although clearly not for everyone 😆)
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Re-reading Ben Wardle’s excellent “Mark Hollis - A Perfect Silence” and once again the boss of Polydor’s reaction on hearing “Laughing Stock” makes me cackle.
PS: It’s a quite extraordinary, brilliant album. (Although clearly not for everyone 😆)
PS: It’s a quite extraordinary, brilliant album. (Although clearly not for everyone 😆)
This book is so good for some inspirational winter dishes. I always fetch it out this time of year to steer me towards coming up with something rich and hearty.
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This book is so good for some inspirational winter dishes. I always fetch it out this time of year to steer me towards coming up with something rich and hearty.
Letting the chickens out of the coop this morning, and my little mate is back for the winter ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Letting the chickens out of the coop this morning, and my little mate is back for the winter ❤️
Bedford Park Ironworks. Cefn Cribwr.
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Bedford Park Ironworks. Cefn Cribwr.
This book arrived in the post today. Hugely looking forward to it. ❤️🙌
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This book arrived in the post today. Hugely looking forward to it. ❤️🙌
I saw this exactly fifteen years ago today in an inflight magazine and I’m still incandescent with rage about it.
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I saw this exactly fifteen years ago today in an inflight magazine and I’m still incandescent with rage about it.
Turkey didn’t become popular at Christmas until the latter half of the Victorian era, and it didn’t become the country’s “traditional” Christmas dinner until after World War 2. Why is this ridiculous little man wetting his pants about it?
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Turkey didn’t become popular at Christmas until the latter half of the Victorian era, and it didn’t become the country’s “traditional” Christmas dinner until after World War 2. Why is this ridiculous little man wetting his pants about it?
Potato salad to go with tonight’s Chicken Piri-Piri and baby green leaves. Boiled miniature potatoes, rolled in melted butter, and a dressing of Dijon mustard, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Now resting with chopped parsley stirred in. 😋
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Potato salad to go with tonight’s Chicken Piri-Piri and baby green leaves. Boiled miniature potatoes, rolled in melted butter, and a dressing of Dijon mustard, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Now resting with chopped parsley stirred in. 😋